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KDHX FM 88.1 welcomes Webb Wilder w/ Dale Watson (hosted by Beatle Bob!)

Webb Wilder Myspace Page – Doors at 8pm – Show at 9 pm Entry $15

Hardly a purist, he has described the music he and his band, The Beatnecks, make as, “Rock for Roots fans and Roots for Rock fans.” In essence: Rock and Roll. There’s nothing new about combining R & B, Rock and Roll, Country, Blues, Pop and Rock. The Rolling Stones and the Beatles proved that it can yield marvelous and diverse results. I said he wasn’t a PURIST. I didn’t say he wasn’t very PICKY about the quality of the music. That includes everything from the sonics of the recordings, the choice of players, the influences he draws on, the songs he chooses to cover, or how attentive he is to the craftsmanship of his own songs.

The self-proclaimed “Last Of The Full Grown Men” hasn’t limited his creativity to the music business. There’s the picture business. His critically acclaimed indie films made him a cult hero and led to a major motion picture (Peter Bogdonavich’s “The Thing Called Love,” Paramount). He’s done guest appearances on other’s albums (Ben Folds, Jason Ringenberg, Farmer Jason, William Shatner, Maura O’Connell), and a Disney produced duo of companion CD’s for the animated movie “Cars.” His smooth baritone has been used for voice-overs on countless radio commercials; he even did a stint as one of America’s FIRST Satellite DJs on XM Radio for four and a half years. Using all manner of media, Webb Wilder has been impacting Popular culture (and it him) for way over 20 years, all the while maintaining a devoted worldwide fan base through a relentless, never ending tour schedule.

Supported by Dale Watson

Dale Watson isn’t one to uphold the music industry’s status quo. He’s moving forward on his own terms and true to his own convictions. Even with frequent proclamations declaring him one of country music’s last authentic voices (like that inCrazy Again–a recent documentary on Watson’s life–when a fan declares, “son, you play country like country was when country was country”), Watson is done with the “C” word and what it’s come to represent in modern times. So much so that he’s created his own genre, simply called Ameripolitan. In a recent posting on his website (www.dalewatson.com), Dale explains it like this: “I’ve been trying to come up with a name the best describes this music that me and folks similar do. When folks ask, I hesitate, down right embarrassed really, to say country. I didn’t used to be that way, but with the change in country, the term doesn’t mean the same as it used to. If you say traditional, or old, or western swing most folks think ‘retro’ and dismiss it without hearing it. I wanted a name that didn’t say country anything and didn’t give anyone a preconceived idea. I came up with Ameripolitan. I even put it in Wikipedia defined as: Original music with ‘prominent’ roots influence.” And so it goes with Dale Watson, the kind of unparalleled iconoclast that’s far too rare in music today

www.myspace.com/webbwildernow

http://www.myspace.com/dalewatson

$15 / 21+

Tickets are now available at the door only.  Come on down!

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